The assertion being made is that the entertainment content industry is trying to reshape global law to benefit them to the disadvantage of everyone and everything else because of supposed losses due to piracy, when the actual numbers show them doing quite comfortably well and beating the average. They’re trying to claim piracy as an excuse to manipulate the laws of sovereign countries.

]]>By: lvl99http://boingboing.net/2011/11/03/entertainment-industry-incredibly-profitable-healthy-but-demands-special-pirate-hunting-laws-anyway.html#comment-1262481
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:41:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=127597#comment-1262481It’s shit, but I can understand they’re setting a precedent. If they didn’t even attempt to chase up pirates and set motions in play to deter them then I’m sure their profits would be more affected. Completely optional to hate the player, but most definitely hate the game.

It’s very unrealistic in a capitalistic society to think “hey, they have money so they don’t need more!” is justified. I suggest putting that energy into supporting local/grassroots bands/organisations. Keep that money closer to the ground rather than in the ivory towers, etc. I’m an independent self-released artist and could really use some bones if you like my work 8)

]]>By: KeithIrwinhttp://boingboing.net/2011/11/03/entertainment-industry-incredibly-profitable-healthy-but-demands-special-pirate-hunting-laws-anyway.html#comment-1262444
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:11:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=127597#comment-1262444Excuse me if I have trouble understanding you point, but where exactly is the balance lacking? No one here is arguing that copyright should be abolished, but we are arguing that there is a limit to the measures necessary to prevent copyright infringement. All of your examples can be handled by lawsuit. They don’t need laws requiring DRM or laws against breaking locks on DRM or laws requiring that every ISP cut off anyone accused of violating copyright or laws which give you the right to hack other people’s computers to find out if they’re violating your copyright. None of that will even help in your situation. But these are exactly the things which the big guys are arguing that we absolutely must have to protect their copyrights.

As for some solutions which take the little guy into account, what’s preventing you from getting legal remedies in the current system? All we’re saying is that we don’t want more laws to take away more rights from anyone who isn’t a record company or movie studio. How is that inconsiderate to you?

And, frankly, I don’t see how CC fits into this discussion at all. All that CC offers is an optional license which falls between “all rights reserved” and “no rights reserved”. It’s not mandatory and no one is advocating making it so. It’s not an alternative set of laws which would replace copyright or anything like it.

That said, I’m wondering what happens to the little guys & girls who rely on copyright laws to keep things straight with our clients?

Example: Client A wants me to do a photo shoot for 7 bones + expenses because they “really like my work but have a super tight startup budget.” I say, the only way I can agree to 7 bones is if you accept my license terms (which rely on copyright laws) for specific areas of use. Deal. Six months later Client A runs with the licensed images beyond our agreement, using the shots in a $Gazillion multi platform ad campaign (I think, oh snap, they actually had a “budget” after all) OR Third Party C thinks everything that reaches their monitor is free as a bird and creates an interactive calendar/game with my images.

I must say, I like having recourse via laws that can help me, the little guy, in situations like that.

So it would be cool to see some balance in this copyright debate. Perhaps some solutions that take the little guys and girls into consideration beyond what CC offers. That’s reasonable isn’t it?

And please pay attention/
And listen to me…/
…Give us some time/
To blow the man down!

]]>By: digi_owlhttp://boingboing.net/2011/11/03/entertainment-industry-incredibly-profitable-healthy-but-demands-special-pirate-hunting-laws-anyway.html#comment-1262184
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:41:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=127597#comment-1262184“install spy cameras in every teenager’s bedroom”
and sell it as amateur porn?
]]>By: kdonohuehttp://boingboing.net/2011/11/03/entertainment-industry-incredibly-profitable-healthy-but-demands-special-pirate-hunting-laws-anyway.html#comment-1262163
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:26:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=127597#comment-1262163According to the report, most of the growth in the “copyright industries” over the past four years is in computer software. Music and publishing are actually down.
]]>By: Kaibamanhttp://boingboing.net/2011/11/03/entertainment-industry-incredibly-profitable-healthy-but-demands-special-pirate-hunting-laws-anyway.html#comment-1262159
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:23:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=127597#comment-1262159We must also remember the RIAA or MPAA openly admitted they faked a Report on how “Piracy” Hurt the Entertainment Industry to force College campuses to crack down on students downloading files “Illegally”
]]>By: flowergardenslayerhttp://boingboing.net/2011/11/03/entertainment-industry-incredibly-profitable-healthy-but-demands-special-pirate-hunting-laws-anyway.html#comment-1262147
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:10:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=127597#comment-1262147Seems like you’re preaching to the choir here. I’ve yet to see a post on Boing Boing or Slashdot supporting these draconian internet laws.
]]>By: Guesthttp://boingboing.net/2011/11/03/entertainment-industry-incredibly-profitable-healthy-but-demands-special-pirate-hunting-laws-anyway.html#comment-1262148
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:10:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=127597#comment-1262148We would truly be in dire straits if it were ever more profitable to move refrigerators and install microwave ovens than to play the guitar on your MTV.
]]>By: sagodjurhttp://boingboing.net/2011/11/03/entertainment-industry-incredibly-profitable-healthy-but-demands-special-pirate-hunting-laws-anyway.html#comment-1262138
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:59:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=127597#comment-1262138Every time you download a song, the entertainment company fires the unpaid intern who was in charge of that song. That is how piracy kills thousands of jobs, yet profits are usually up.
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Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:56:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=127597#comment-1262135Begs the question ≠ raises the question.
]]>By: angusmhttp://boingboing.net/2011/11/03/entertainment-industry-incredibly-profitable-healthy-but-demands-special-pirate-hunting-laws-anyway.html#comment-1262130
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:47:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=127597#comment-1262130“But think how much money we’d have been able to make if we’d been able to impose mandatory DRM on every computing device more powerful than a dishwasher, install spy cameras in every teenager’s bedroom, and read all your email! By our most conservative estimate, we’d have made so much money we could have bought South America as a vacation home for our CEO, and still had enough left over to fund a manned mission to Venus! That money is ours by right, and we’re not giving up until we get it!”
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Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:35:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=127597#comment-1262123Corporate policy it to always try to increase profits no matter what it takes, legal or otherwise. (‘if we get away with it, it’s legal’)